2023 Monthlong Planning

[chain_gang]

So what'll it be for 2023?

Anything we need to change? Any inputs to make it better are appreciated.

We'll put up a poll soon.

[jrfoxx]

So what'll it be for 2023?

Anything we need to change? Any inputs to make it better are appreciated.

We'll put up a poll soon.
chain_gang

I assume you mean for the 30 in 30 threads?

Or do you mean for the forum/threads in general?


I friggin love cigars

[chain_gang]

chain_gang

I assume you mean for the 30 in 30 threads?

Or do you mean for the forum/threads in general?


I friggin love cigarsYeah, figured everyone knew what I meant - sorry.

What brand does everyone want to do next year?

[KRam311]

Either way ill be excited to get the full experience next time!


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[Nature]

Yeah, figured everyone knew what I meant - sorry.

What brand does everyone want to do next year?

A few I can come with are Warped, Viaje, or DE.

Although I would probably prefer Warped or Viaje, they just don’t have the catalog and universal availability like DE.

With the broad catalog of DE, less opportunity for multiple repeats. I am open to anything, however. I say this not having hardly any DE in my humidor currently.

BWS/BLTC would be great in my book, but similar to Warped or Viaje, not as readily available for everyone, I don’t think.

AF could be another good option. Could extend the line to some JC Newman and Ashton. Not sure how far we want to stretch it out. Not a lot of budget options.

My Father could be another good one, especially if you extend to San Cristobal, LADC and others from the Pepin factory.

I know, not much help in pin-pointing something. Just getting some thoughts out there.

[Old Smokey]

What do you guys think about smoking cigars from a certain country? Open it up a little for those of us who don’t have a huge variety. Nicaragua November, Dominican December, Maui Wowie March, for example. Just a thought! :)

[SoCal gunner]

I'm up for anything - either we'll have none, some, or a lot of whatever it is and have a whole year to accumulate from there to the extent any of us wish to participate.

I will regurgitate last year's runner up of AJ - talk about wide open and variety.

[jrfoxx]

What do you guys think about smoking cigars from a certain country? Open it up a little for those of us who don’t have a huge variety. Nicaragua November, Dominican December, Maui Wowie March, for example. Just a thought! :)I like this idea personally, as i never have 30 of any particular thing on hand, but have enough variety to do a specific country for a month.

Only other brand specific one I can think of is Man O' War as they are inexpensive, tasty, and there's a decent enough variety to not get bored or burned out.

Good suggestion Old Smokey

I friggin love cigars

[jrfoxx]

Yeah, figured everyone knew what I meant - sorry.

What brand does everyone want to do next year?

No worries. I was pretty sure that is what you meant, and most people sharper than me obviously understood, lol

[josh lucky 13]

Well I think that's 2 votes for A J. I think that would be cool to see the most obscure aj blend.

[chain_gang]

Figured AJ would be suggested right off the bat. It was a close call last year betweem him and Tat. We'll make sure he is an option on the poll.

[jrfoxx]

Figured AJ would be suggested right off the bat. It was a close call last year betweem him and Tat. We'll make sure he is an option on the poll.

What are your thoughts on Old Smokey's idea of doing a particular country to open it up to more interesting variety and more people could participate too.

[chain_gang]

What are your thoughts on Old Smokey's idea of doing a particular country to open it up to more interesting variety and more people could participate too.Yes, whatever the Bums have for ideas will be put on the polls. For Steve's I'm think it'll be a two part vote - first it will be "Country Specific" and if that wins we'll vote on each country.

Sound good, Old Smokey ?

[Old Smokey]

Yes, whatever the Bums have for ideas will be put on the polls. For Steve's I'm think it'll be a two part vote - first it will be "Country Specific" and if that wins we'll vote on each country.

Sound good, Old Smokey ?

Sounds good Matt, but I’m good with what everyone else wants. I’m easy!

There are so many cigars out there. I admittedly don’t really pay close enough attention to know who makes them or what country they are made. But I will gladly join in as best I can.

[jrfoxx]

Sounds good Matt, but I’m good with what everyone else wants. I’m easy!

There are so many cigars out there. I admittedly don’t really pay close enough attention to know who makes them or what country they are made. But I will gladly join in as best I can.A quick look at the bigger vendors info on a cigar typically lists country of origin, filler, binder and wrapper types/countries.

That's how i get info for some of the cigars I'm reviewing.

Hope that helps Old Smokey

I friggin love cigars

[jrfoxx]

Yes, whatever the Bums have for ideas will be put on the polls. For Steve's I'm think it'll be a two part vote - first it will be "Country Specific" and if that wins we'll vote on each country.

Sound good, Old Smokey ?Not to butt in since you weren't addressing me, but I think that's a good idea.

I friggin love cigars

[chain_gang]

A few I can come with are Warped, Viaje, or DE.

Although I would probably prefer Warped or Viaje, they just don’t have the catalog and universal availability like DE.

With the broad catalog of DE, less opportunity for multiple repeats. I am open to anything, however. I say this not having hardly any DE in my humidor currently.

BWS/BLTC would be great in my book, but similar to Warped or Viaje, not as readily available for everyone, I don’t think.

AF could be another good option. Could extend the line to some JC Newman and Ashton. Not sure how far we want to stretch it out. Not a lot of budget options.

My Father could be another good one, especially if you extend to San Cristobal, LADC and others from the Pepin factory.

I know, not much help in pin-pointing something. Just getting some thoughts out there.

For BWS/BLTC we could do Oveja Negra to open it up.

https://ovejanegracigars.com/

I'm surprised AF hasn't been mentioned.

DE has a lot, and in many different pricepoints. Easy to get.

Warped and Viaje are a bit pricier and a bit HTF, but there's about 9-10 months to stock up. Could be Christmas wish items.

We can put all these up for voting, I suppose?

[chain_gang]

How's the following options going up on the poll look?:

>AJF

>Specific Country

>DE

>BWS/BLTC/Oveja Negro

>AF/JCN/Ashton

>MF/LADC/SC/Pepin

How about we get the poll up by 8 Aug. Voting ends on 15 Aug? Secondary voting (if needed) ends on 22Aug. Gives 9.5 months time to stock up?

[jrfoxx]

How's the following options going up on the poll look?:

>AJF

>Specific Country

>DE

>BWS/BLTC/Oveja Negro

>AF/JCN/Ashton

>MF/LADC/SC/Pepin

How about we get the poll up by 8 Aug. Voting ends on 15 Aug? Secondary voting (if needed) ends on 22Aug. Gives 9.5 months time to stock up?Looks good to me.

Will have plenty of time to stock up on whatever wins.

I friggin love cigars

[jrfoxx]

chain_gang

I didn't see Fuente mentioned.

Have they been done to death already?

If not, o think they would be a good addition. Tons of them to choose from, so you can smoke a different one every day instead of just a few different ones every day like with some marcas


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[josh lucky 13]

chain_gang

I didn't see Fuente mentioned.

Have they been done to death already?

If not, o think they would be a good addition. Tons of them to choose from, so you can smoke a different one every day instead of just a few different ones every day like with some marcas


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This is fuente
>AF/JCN/Ashton

[chain_gang]

Maybe we'll move this along a bit faster? I think we have a good selection to choose between.
Nature , if no objections, could you assign a poll to this thread with the below tomorrow night?

>AJF

>Specific Country

>DE

>BWS/BLTC/Oveja Negro

>AF/JCN/Ashton

>MF/LADC/SC/Pepin

[LazyLightning]

I see a lot of great suggestions already, I’ll wait for the poll to cast my vote.

[jrfoxx]

This is fuente
>AF/JCN/AshtonOops, duh.

I knew that when I read it but with my severe memory damage I managed to forget before I posted. Sorry all

I friggin love cigars

[Nature]

Maybe we'll move this along a bit faster? I think we have a good selection to choose between.
Nature , if no objections, could you assign a poll to this thread with the below tomorrow night?

>AJF

>Specific Country

>DE

>BWS/BLTC/Oveja Negro

>AF/JCN/Ashton

>MF/LADC/SC/Pepin

You got it!

[Nature]

How's the following options going up on the poll look?:

>AJF

>Specific Country

>DE

>BWS/BLTC/Oveja Negro

>AF/JCN/Ashton

>MF/LADC/SC/Pepin

How about we get the poll up by 8 Aug. Voting ends on 15 Aug? Secondary voting (if needed) ends on 22Aug. Gives 9.5 months time to stock up?

Vote Here: 2023 Monthlong Smoking Poll (https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/contests/2023-monthlong-smoking-poll-11626.html)

[dinoa2]

What? No HVC ? Me and Tony are only ones that smoke them on any regular basis. They only have about 10 different smokes so there would be repeats but give you guys chance to explore brand. Poll is good as is. Just yanking chain gang's chain

[SoCal gunner]

Vote Here: 2023 Monthlong Smoking Poll (https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/contests/2023-monthlong-smoking-poll-11626.html)LMAO - the link takes me to 2015 thread selling 2014 LCs!

[Nature]

LMAO - the link takes me to 2015 thread selling 2014 LCs!
WTF??

That’s a mystery!
Link works for me. 🤷

Probably wish you could still buy those 2014 LCs!

[SoCal gunner]

WTF??

That’s a mystery!
Link works for me. [emoji1745]

Probably wish you could still buy those 2014 LCs!Links to post in this thread
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220805/0e996c4a161555179d842f10225c3929.jpg

[dinoa2]

Haven't voted yet but link takes me to poll

[chain_gang]

Lets push this back until our good friend, Tony, is fully recovered and is back in the full swing of the hobby. I don't, and I think we all don't, want him to miss out on the good times.

In the meantime, and sometime soon, but most likely a rainy day, I'll get the official thread going so we can post our AJF collections.

I know I still need some to make 30.

Also, help me fill in the AJF blanks with what he makes, both himself and the multitude of brands from his factory.

[Tombstone]

https://i.imgur.com/xiacITj.jpeg

Just the tip.

[Brimy]

Lets push this back until our good friend, Tony, is fully recovered and is back in the full swing of the hobby. I don't, and I think we all don't, want him to miss out on the good times.

In the meantime, and sometime soon, but most likely a rainy day, I'll get the official thread going so we can post our AJF collections.

I know I still need some to make 30.

Also, help me fill in the AJF blanks with what he makes, both himself and the multitude of brands from his factory.

In terms of quantity, he's almost as bad as Rocky!
But I do enjoy his offerings.

[josh lucky 13]

In terms of quantity, he's almost as bad as Rocky!
But I do enjoy his offerings.
Now that's just wrong I never had a bad aj. But I have been disappointed by rocky more than once.

[AlanS]

AJ has a large assortment but I've never had a bad one, but Rocky is a bit Gurkha like. Hes got 1000 different cigars you just have find the three decent ones...

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[SoCal gunner]

Speaking of splits - some of those CI mega AJ packs could get us all to 30 in no time.

[josh lucky 13]

Speaking of splits - some of those CI mega AJ packs could get us all to 30 in no time.

How on earth do you not have 30 aj? I bet you do and just do t realize it.

[Brimy]

Now that's just wrong I never had a bad aj. But I have been disappointed by rocky more than once.

I definitely agree, I LOVE AJF's offerings.
But he has a boatload of lines! And then consider how many collaborations he has. He probably has more than Rocky!
I too have never had a bad AJF.

[Brimy]

How on earth do you not have 30 aj? I bet you do and just do t realize it.

🤣
TJ does a lot of boutique smokes.

[SoCal gunner]

How on earth do you not have 30 aj? I bet you do and just do t realize it.Oh, I do. I'm just trying to get everyone to play and more of us to cross the 30 line.

[SoCal gunner]

[emoji1787]
TJ does a lot of boutique smokes.Guilty as charged, but I am also long on the record of liking me some AJ.

[josh lucky 13]

Oh, I do. I'm just trying to get everyone to play and more of us to cross the 30 line.

I got more than 30 but do I have that much time to smoke?

[SoCal gunner]

I got more than 30 but do I have that much time to smoke?I didn't say it was easy! The good news is you can smoke 2 or 3 in one day to make up for any missed.

[Brimy]

Guilty as charged, but I am also long on the record of liking me some AJ.

No shade!
I like what you smoke. And in all honesty, I haven't found a cigar smoker that hasn't had something AJF that they didn't enjoy.

[LazyLightning]

I looked and my stock on AJF was low, ironically SB had a sale the other day, I now have 25 on the way, plus a few more in the humi. Might pick up a few more new to me, for variety, in the coming days.

[Nature]

[emoji1787]
TJ does a lot of boutique smokes.


Guilty as charged, but I am also long on the record of liking me some AJ.

You might be surprised how many Boutiques have AJ behind the scenes.
[emoji2369]


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[SoCal gunner]

You might be surprised how many Boutiques have AJ behind the scenes.
[emoji2369]


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[chain_gang]

I got more than 30 but do I have that much time to smoke?Smoke them while you sleep if you have to. Just hook up a tube to the outlet. There...no excuses!

https://youtu.be/VoBGau9623I

[AlanS]

Smoke them while you sleep if you have to. Just hook up a tube to the outlet. There...no excuses!

https://youtu.be/VoBGau9623I

No fags allowed! Cigars only


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[LazyLightning]

Got 20 in a few days ago, to fill out the month long
https://i.imgur.com/r7jkAYa.jpg

[Nature]

Does it count if it was rolled in Tabacalera AJ Fernandez factory, but not necessarily his blend? Or does it need to be by AJ?


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[josh lucky 13]

Does it count if it was rolled in Tabacalera AJ Fernandez factory, but not necessarily his blend? Or does it need to be by AJ?


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I would say yes why not. Because I bet he has some say in aby of the cigars he has rolled in his factory

[LazyLightning]

Any suggestions on some good AJF boutique sticks, that won’t break the bank?

[Nature]

A little primer video on AJF

https://youtu.be/eB14tjsoapg


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[LazyLightning]

Thanks for the link Mark, I’m about to watch it now.

[chain_gang]

Any suggestions on some good AJF boutique sticks, that won’t break the bank?Diesel

[LazyLightning]

So did this really start 6/1?

Cause I still have like 4-6 more AJF 5’ers coming to go with what I already got last month, and will be 3 behind as of today. If so it’s cool, not like I won’t smoke them, I just wanted to make sure.


Also, can someone point me in the direction of the thread to post in, when we do it, if it hasn’t started? TYVM!

[SoCal gunner]

So did this really start 6/1?

Cause I still have like 4-6 more AJF 5’ers coming to go with what I already got last month, and will be 3 behind as of today. If so it’s cool, not like I won’t smoke them, I just wanted to make sure.


Also, can someone point me in the direction of the thread to post in, when we do it, if it hasn’t started? TYVM!My understanding is that we're waiting for WNYTONY to be in full stride (no rush), but let's tag chain_gang

[WNYTONY]

My understanding is that we're waiting for WNYTONY to be in full stride (no rush), but let's tag chain_gangNo need to wait on me - I say go for it. I don't know what I have for AJ but I'm sure I have a few

[SoCal gunner]

No need to wait on me - I say go for it. I don't know what I have for AJ but I'm sure I have a fewI think I'll probably smoke some that I didn't even know we're his - lol.

[SoCal gunner]

I think I'll probably smoke some that I didn't even know we're his - lol.I think josh lucky 13 should provide us a list!

[WNYTONY]

I think I'll probably smoke some that I didn't even know we're his - lol.Yep, I'm sure that will happen to us all. And maybe it will prompt Tombstone to break out that Spectre if it gets going.

[josh lucky 13]

I think josh lucky 13 should provide us a list!

A list of aj made cigars. I can come up with some of his older stuff. But I have a few there was once a wiki page that listed a bunch at 1 time.

- - - Updated - - -

Half wheel has found 1162 articles with aj

https://halfwheel.com/?s=&search=Aj

[SoCal gunner]

A list of aj made cigars. I can come up with some of his older stuff. But I have a few there was once a wiki page that listed a bunch at 1 time.

- - - Updated - - -

Half wheel has found 1162 articles with aj

https://halfwheel.com/?s=&search=AjSo basically smoke 30 non Tat, Non AF and you're there - [emoji23]

[chain_gang]

Now that Tony's back, when do we want to start?

I'm down for whatever, but would suggest waiting for Chris' shipment to come.

[Nature]

So did this really start 6/1?

Cause I still have like 4-6 more AJF 5’ers coming to go with what I already got last month, and will be 3 behind as of today. If so it’s cool, not like I won’t smoke them, I just wanted to make sure.


Also, can someone point me in the direction of the thread to post in, when we do it, if it hasn’t started? TYVM!

My fault. I jumped the gun. What can I say? AJF cigars get me tingled up and I had a premature release.

Let’s wait for the official start signal from the MC chain_gang . I’m sure there will be an official outlet to post our conquests once the AJF adoration fest commences.


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[LazyLightning]

Well I already have a good many, there are some coming in by weeks end, then I’ll have more than enough for the 30/30, well more variety I should say…

So if you guys want to start before, that’s cool with me. Just tell me the start date, and what thread to post them in. :stogie:

Smoking one stick a day, makes this challenging, but I like a challenge!

[chain_gang]

Ok, I think our ducks are in a row now. Let's start on Wed, 6/7. That'll give me tonight to throw the thread up, and a few days to make sure everyone knows. Help spread the word.

[Brimy]

Sounds good.
I'll be home on 6/8 and I will catch up!

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[LazyLightning]

Sounds like a plan, I’ll keep an eye out for the thread before then.

[chain_gang]

AJF Monthlong thread created.

[Nature]

AJF Monthlong thread created.
Link
https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/general-non-habanos-cigar-discussion/ajf-monthlong-11845.html

[SoCal gunner]

Link
https://www.cigarbum.com/forum/general-non-habanos-cigar-discussion/ajf-monthlong-11845.html LazyLightning

[LazyLightning]

Thank you!

[Regiampiero]

I should have some.

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